2 Jul 2014

MOST ANTICIPATED READS: July 2014

Welcome to Most Anticipated Reads! At the start of every month, we'll be
showing three of our most anticipated reads for that particular month.
Pretty straight forward, right? Without further ado, our most
anticipated reads for July 2014.

Growing up on Forge’s
streets has taught Kyra how to stretch a coin. And when that’s not
enough, her uncanny ability to scale walls and bypass guards helps her
take what she needs.

But when the leader of the Assassins Guild
offers Kyra a lucrative job, she hesitates. She knows how to get by on
her own, and she’s not sure she wants to play by his rules. But he’s
persistent—and darkly attractive—and Kyra can’t quite resist his pull.

Tristam
of Brancel is a young Palace knight on a mission. After his best friend
is brutally murdered by Demon Riders, a clan of vicious warriors who
ride bloodthirsty wildcats, Tristam vows to take them down. But as his
investigation deepens, he finds his efforts thwarted by a talented
thief, one who sneaks past Palace defenses with uncanny ease.

When
a fateful raid throws Kyra and Tristam together, the two enemies
realize that their best chance at survival—and vengeance—might be to
join forces. And as their loyalties are tested to the breaking point,
they learn a startling secret about Kyra’s past that threatens to
reshape both their lives.

The X-Men meets Ocean's Eleven in this edge-of-your-seat sci-fi adventure about a band of "super" criminals.

When
the MK virus swept across the planet, a vaccine was created to stop the
epidemic, but it came with some unexpected side effects. A small
percentage of the population developed superhero-like powers.
Seventeen-year-old Ciere Giba has the handy ability to change her
appearance at will. She's what's known as an illusionist...She's also a
thief.

After a robbery goes awry, Ciere must team up with a group
of fellow super-powered criminals on another job that most would
consider too reckless. The formula for the vaccine that gave them their
abilities was supposedly destroyed years ago. But what if it wasn't?

The
lines between good and bad, us and them, and freedom and entrapment are
blurred as Ciere and the rest of her crew become embroiled in a deadly
race against the government that could cost them their lives.

Delancy Sullivan has
always known there’s more to reality than what people see. Every time
someone makes a choice, a new, parallel world branches off from the
existing one. Eating breakfast or skipping it, turning left instead of
right, sneaking out instead of staying in bed ~ all of these choices
create an alternate universe in which an echo self takes the road not
travelled and makes the opposite decision. As a Walker, someone who can
navigate between these worlds, Del’s job is to keep all of the
dimensions in harmony.

Normally, Del can hear the dissonant
frequency that each world emits as clear as a bell. But when a training
session in an off-key world goes horribly wrong, she is forbidden from
Walking by the Council. But Del’s not big on following the rules and she
secretly starts to investigate these other worlds. Something strange is
connecting them and it’s not just her random encounters with echo
versions of the guy she likes, Simon Lane.

But Del’s decisions
have unimaginable consequences and, as she begins to fall for the Echo
Simons in each world, she draws closer to a truth that the Council of
Walkers is trying to hide ~ a secret that threatens the fate of the
entire multiverse.

I agree with Val...cover for Dissonance? LET ME LOVE YOU. Buuut out of your list, I'm really really excited for Midnight Thief. I feel like reading some epic fantasy and I read the prequel novella aaaages back. So I'm all keyed up and read for this book!